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I recently had a no cooling call. Found very low on charge and just been charged up last week. I then explained the options of just changing system out. It is a 20 yr. old tempstar. She said that the tech before suggested putting some type of leak stop in the lines. I passed on this in fear of what it may do to compressor. I dont want a customer to say well the compressor was fine before you worked on . I gave a changeout ballpark quote, billed and left. I am wondering what you fellas might have done?

I recently had a no cooling call. Found very low on charge and just been charged up last week. I then explained the options of just changing system out. It is a 20 yr. old tempstar. She said that the tech before suggested putting some type of leak stop in the lines. I passed on this in fear of what it may do to compressor. I dont want a customer to say well the compressor was fine before you worked on . I gave a changeout ballpark quote, billed and left. I am wondering what you fellas might have done?

If it's leaking that fast you should be able to find it .If it can be fixed is a different story.But losing a charge in a week is a bad leak that could be found.
Since you asked what would you do,thats what I would have done.Then after finding that give a price for repair and new equipment.

I did not think is was worth fixing on a 20 yr. old system, though might run into further problems. But i am basically still a newbie and thats why i asked. Thanx for the input, i will hunt that leak down.

I did not think is was worth fixing on a 20 yr. old system, though might run into further problems. But i am basically still a newbie and thats why i asked. Thanx for the input, i will hunt that leak down.

If its loosing it that fast, a 10 minute leak check would have found it. It might have been an easy repair,(bad schrader, leaking at service valve) but now you don't know.
Then you could have explained to her if the leak stop would stop the leak or not. Plus that it could damage the compressor, and she would still need a new system, but have that much less money to pay for a new one.

Give it some time. You'll learn.

Guessing your company wasn't the one out the week before. If not, next week, she'll call someone else. They might sell her an evap coil. Is it worth it? Maybe, maybe not. But then if the compressor dies. That company will get the condenser change out too. Then its worth it.

Well you could have put the leak stop in , and then came back in few days after it killed her compressor and gave bid for new equipment, LEAK STOP DOES NOT WORK, HARMS SYSTEM, AND IS JUST FLAT OUT UN-PROFESSIONAL AND LAZY!